Black History Month – Round Table Discussion

February 28, 2023
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm EST

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Description:

The road to career success for black engineers can be challenging. To celebrate Black History Month, the Engineering Management Institute will facilitate a panel of successful black engineers who will share what has helped them become successful engineering professionals. EMI’s facilitator Matthew Douglass will ask the guest panelists important career questions and also open it up for general discussion with participants.

Do not miss this opportunity to hear from some of the leaders among black engineering professionals.

Facilitator:

Matthew Douglas

Matthew is an Operations Leader with a demonstrated history of dedication and success in both public service and the private industry. He is a strong, well spoken engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Civil Engineering from the Morgan State University. After a few years working with consultant engineering firms, Matthew has switched gears to work within local government. There he specializes in managing projects, contracts and construction services in order to maintain and improve public infrastructure.

Guest Panel

Richard A. Negri, MSCE, P.E. – Principal Engineer at Geoterra Engineering & Construction Consultants

Richard Negri is a licensed, Civil Engineering professional with experience in engineering design, project management and construction management. He successfully coordinates, contracts, manages, designs and provides technical oversight during construction of projects in both the private and public sector. Richard serves on multidisciplinary design and construction project delivery teams (PDT) routinely developing and/or reviewing statement of works (SOW) for project design requirements.

Triston Young – Project Manager at Jacobs

Triston is a project manager with more than 10 years of experience in engineering and construction management of design-build projects, upgrades to existing facilities, and engineering services during construction (resident engineering, QA/QC, and design management). Triston also has managed inter-disciplinary teams and has experience with nearly all facets of engineering and construction activities for projects in the water/wastewater, healthcare, and federal markets. Triston holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ebony Larry – Water Resource Program Manager at UMD – Facilities Management

Ebony Larry is an experienced Associate Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the design industry. Ebony is skilled in AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite, Proposal Writing, Teamwork, and Project Management. Ebony is a talented engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) focused in Civil Engineering from Morgan State University.

Tiffani Teachey – Sr. Mechanical Engineer | STEM Advocate | TEDx International Speaker 

Tiffani Teachey is a Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) advocate, TEDx international speaker, and international best-selling author of the children’s book What Can I Be? STEM Careers from A to Z and two women empowerment books. She is the host of the Read It Right Radio Show on WDRBmedia. Tiffani is the owner of Thrive Edge Publishing and owner/publishing consultant of Inspired Authors Publishing. She helps industry and business leaders publish children’s books about their field to inspire children to choose the same path.

Sade Luwoye – Systems Engineer | Entrepreneur | Inclusive Product Management Fellow ’23

Sade is a co-founder of TribeMeets, a dating and networking platform that connects the African community. With her passion for diversity and inclusion, she identified the pervasive inequality in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields and launched the Win in STEM Podcast to address this issue. Through this initiative, she strives to increase the representation of minorities in STEM by creating a safe space for discussions and empowering underrepresented groups.

Kenneth Harris II, Eng.D. – Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer and Keynote Speaker

Dr. Harris is the Database Lead Engineer for the NASA J2 Joint Polar Satellite System. In this role, Mr. Harris is responsible for developing procedures and implementing processes between the Flight Team, Instrument Vendors and Spacecraft Vendors. The attainment of which leads to the successful flight and data collection of the J2 Satellite Mission. The database utilized by both the ground system and flight team will allow the satellite to be monitored and controlled from the Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC).

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